How to Use forint in a Sentence

forint

noun

• Hungary’s currency, the forint, has lost around 16% of its value against the dollar in the last six months and slipped to a historic low against the euro last week.
  — chicagotribune.com, 29 Nov. 2021
• Hungary's currency, the forint, has lost around 16% of its value against the dollar in the last six months and slipped to a historic low against the euro last week.
  — Fox News, 20 Nov. 2021
• Hotel staff also expect tips in forints so have them handy for porters, maids, waitstaff, etc.
  — Leena Kim, Town & Country, 22 May 2019
• Mr Orban forced the banks to redenominate the mortgages in forints at favourable rates.
  — The Economist, 29 Aug. 2019
• The Czech koruna and the Hungarian forint weakened by 0.4 percent.
  — Ewa Krukowska, Bloomberg.com, 2 May 2018
• Hungary’s forint reversed earlier gains against the U.S. dollar, while the zloty pared its advance.
  — Stephanie Bodoni, Bloomberg.com, 16 Feb. 2022
• The koruna has weakened 3.2% against the euro this month, slightly more than its central European peers the Polish zloty and the Hungarian forint.
  — Lenka Ponikelska, Bloomberg.com, 30 Sep. 2020
• The Hungarian forint and Polish zloty lost nearly 5% and 4% so far this month, respectively, against the U.S. dollar.
  — Julia-Ambra Verlaine, WSJ, 29 July 2022
• Although a member of the European Union, Hungary uses its forint as currency.
  — Patricia Doherty, Travel + Leisure, 4 Apr. 2021
• The rise in cases has also weighed on central and Eastern European currencies, with the Hungarian forint falling 2.2% against the euro last week, its worst week since June.
  — Caitlin Ostroff, WSJ, 19 Oct. 2020
• The forint and zloty are particularly exposed as their countries do substantial trade with the euro area and they are normally quoted against the euro.
  — Simon Flint, Bloomberg.com, 28 Aug. 2020
• Although the price of this particular listing is given in euros, most real estate transactions in Hungary are done in forints.
  — Roxana Popescu, New York Times, 20 June 2018
• The damage from any significant euro decline would be most acute for the Hungarian forint and Polish zloty, according to a Bloomberg study of moves in the single currency over the past two decades.
  — Simon Flint, Bloomberg.com, 28 Aug. 2020
• Eastern European currencies accounted for five of the top six best emerging-market performers against the euro during the past month, led by Hungary’s forint with a jump of 1.4 percent.
  — Radoslav Tomek, Bloomberg.com, 15 May 2017
• Some other emerging-market currencies also weakened, with the South African rand and the Hungarian forint falling about 2.6% and 1.7%, respectively.
  — Jon Sindreu, WSJ, 11 Aug. 2018
• Portfolio managers are selling the forint and zloty as a wager on Europe’s potential energy crisis.
  — Julia-Ambra Verlaine, WSJ, 29 July 2022
• The referendum — on which the government spent at least 10 billion Hungarian forint, or about $36 million — included no specifics about legislation or government action.
  — Rick Lyman, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2016

Last Updated: 8 Aug 2024